Two executions scheduled on consecutive days are putting the focus on the death penalty: Florida is approaching a record, while Tennessee is facing a historic case.

Florida is set to execute 77-year-old Curtis Wilkie Beasley on Tuesday, while Tennessee is preparing to execute Christa Pike on Wednesday.

Beasley is set to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to the execution order signed by Governor Ron DeSantis.

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He was convicted in 1998 of the murder of 62-year-old Carolyn Monfort, which occurred in 1995 at a residence southwest of Orlando, according to EFE.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected his request to stay the execution on September 22 and confirmed that it was scheduled for September 29.

His lawyers argued that his age and cognitive decline made it unconstitutional to execute him. The court rejected that argument.

The jury had recommended the death penalty by a 10-2 vote, an aspect questioned by Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

A day later, Tennessee has scheduled the execution of Christa Pike for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.

Death Penalty in the US: Florida Plans 16th Execution as Tennessee Prepares Historic Case – PHOTO: EFE Pike was convicted in 1996 of the murder of Colleen Slemmer, which she committed when she was 18 years old.

Her lawyers maintain that the abuse she suffered during childhood and her later diagnoses of bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder were not sufficiently considered.

United Nations experts have requested that the United States and Tennessee halt the execution, while Amnesty International has asked Governor Bill Lee to grant clemency.

Slemmer's mother, May Martínez, has publicly remembered her daughter and is seeking to be present during the execution, according to EFE.

The consecutive executions are once again putting the death penalty in the US under scrutiny, as Florida maintains one of the highest execution rates recorded by the state in recent years.

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